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@unsungvanessa
So, the stunning Vanessa Carlton came back to Louisville for the second time in 18 months. I have lots to say, but for now all you need to know is: She sang 'Who's To Say'... so i really can't ask for anything from the music gods for quite awhile. Also, she sang an amazing new song, 'Love Is An Art' & I got the playlist off the stage! (Which incidentally, lists the wrong city on it :P)
Smartphone Lyric Wallpaper inspired by Vanessa's song 'My Best' of Heroes & Thieves.
Smartphone wallpaper/lockscreen inspired by the Vanessa Carlton song 'Hands On Me'
Smartphone wallpaper inspired by 'Dear California' my favorite song on 'Rabbits On The Run' by Vanessa Carlton.
Read my essay about why this song is so great here>
Smartphone Wallpaper inspired by 'Tall Tales For Spring' by Vanessa Carlton. Read my essay about this amazing song off of Rabbits On The Run here>
Smartphone wallpaper inspired by 'The Marching Line'. Read my essay about this amazing track off of Rabbits On The Run here >
Pet Rabbits
Last October I started this Vanessa inspired blog project with 30 long form essays (Nessays) about, what I consider, Vanessa Carlton's 30 best songs. During that series I compared Rabbits On The Run to Pet Sounds many times. This comparison might seem a bit ‘far fetched’ to some & I’m aware my fandom of both album probably feeds into my perspective. That said, there’s something there.The two albums are from the same sonic & spiritual fabric as far as I am concerned. They seem to be two souls in search of another.
Not coincidentally, both were birthed by artists in the midst of their own musical & personal uncertainties. Brian Wilson felt stifled by his commercial past & pressured to churn out the status quo, though he had moved past such ideas. He had given up touring & the first signs of paranoia and mental illness were starting to creep in. Pet Sounds though, was ultimate the musical temple he tried to save himself in... though its commercial failure would begin to take its toll on him & his relationships.
Vanessa was in a similar place with Rabbits On The Run. Much like Brian she had moved past her 'commercial peak', but unlike him, she wasn't even sure she wanted to make another 'pop album', at all. She had no complete idea what her best move was going to be.
Whereas Brian found sanctuary in creating Pet Sounds while the rest of the Beach Boys were away touring, Vanessa herself escaped her usual surroundings altogether. She wound up in England, where she attempted to create her dream album by assembling the pieces much in the same way Brian had in 1966.
The comparisons don't end there.
Both albums deal with people struggling with the fallout of failed relationships, personal spiritual discourse, & general depression. They both heavily use sonic palettes of innocence (soaring childlike choir arrangements, bicycle & sleigh bells, & references to youthful imagery). Both albums are people searching for answers & cures for their lost soul...all while clinging onto what innocence they still can.
I first heard Pet Sounds as a 13 year kid (in 1991) & it took until 2011's album by Vanessa for me feel the same way upon hearing an album. The two albums seem like distant lovers separated by time finally finding each other. Both have had similar experiences and they just connect upon their meeting.
Vanessa defeintley has respect for past music & even somewhat precociously proclaimed while making her sophomore album Harmonium in 2003 that she wanted to make a ‘solo girl version of Sgt, Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’. While Harmonium is breathtaking, even I’m not audacious enough to put it on the pantheon of with the Bealtles classic. While no similar proclamations were made by her that Rabbits On The Run was going to be the spiritual companion to Pet Sounds, I’m completely audacious enough (as a die hard fan of both Vanessa & Brian) to say that’s exactly what I think she accidentally created. What, perhaps, she was even fated to do. Every yin needs its yang. Every wishing well you call into eventually sends its echo. Sometimes, the echo its just very delayed ,because the well is too deep. I mean, the last thing we hear on her record before Rabbits On The Run (2007′s Heroes & Thieves) is her dog barking. Sound familiar? The stars were lining up then.
I'll probably write more about this topic in the future, but since today is the 50th anniversary of Pet Sounds it seemed to fitting to get down some thoughts. I also finally created my dream 'call response' playlist today, that shows how much these albums have in common. Enjoy... and as Brian would say, Love and Mercy Pet Rabbits: A Love Story of Sorts | Spotify Playlist >
Nothing Where Something Used To Be (Remix Video) - Vanessa Carlton
Well, this was a nice surprise.
Vanessa Carlton lyric wallpaper/lockscreen inspired by her song ’Home' off of Heroes & Thieves. Read my essay about this song here : http://unsungvanessa.tumblr.com/post/131513492994/12-home
Vanessa Carlton lyric wallpaper/lockscreen. Inspired by her song 'White Houses' off her album Harmonium. read my essay about this song here: http://unsungvanessa.tumblr.com/post/132094283104/4-white-houses
Vanessa Carlton Lyric Wallpaper/Lockscreen. inspired by 'Blue Pool' from the album Liberman. Read my essay about the song 'Blue Pool' here: http://unsungvanessa.tumblr.com/post/130644699519/25-blue-pool
“it’s a carousel my friend.” Read my essay about Vanessa Carlton’s ‘Carousel’ here: http://unsungvanessa.tumblr.com/post/131982584639/7-carousel
“Over pulsating synths that sound like the distorted dial-tones of an old see-through 80’s telephone , Vanessa’s voice rises like a digital siren through the phone lines in some computer age retelling of The Odyssey.” more: http://unsungvanessa.tumblr.com/post/131435996719/13-operator
Vanessa Carlton Lyric Wallpaper for : 'Twilight'. Read my essay about this song here: http://unsungvanessa.tumblr.com/post/131127761279/18-twilight
‘In a brick wall’s wooden door’. Read my essay about ‘Hear the Bells’ here: http://unsungvanessa.tumblr.com/post/130717379119/24-hear-the-bells
The artist premieres a video for the tune today on Speakeasy.
‘House of Seven Swords’ official music video.
Pretty.
'House of Seven Swords' official music video. Pretty.